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| Fight wasn’t only on field
* V
aki
Sports, page 24
Young MC raps about USC days
A&E, page 9
(Mfe? trojan
Volume CX, Number 35
University of Southern California
Tuesday, October 24,1989
Gang member killed near Row
In Brief___________________________
Lawmakers press for $3.8 billion aid for earthquake area
WASHINGTON — California lawmakers pressed for $3.8 billion in earthquake aid Monday, more than $1 billion above the White House figure, as federal relief legislation began a race through Congress.
All sides said they expected compromise, with relatively little haggling about amounts or arguments about where the money would come from.
The proposal includes $1 billion for highway repair, $1.1 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $1.2 billion for Small Business Administration disaster assistance and $100 million for loans to low-income people. The president would be given a $400 million discretionary fund.
World: Hungary becomes newest democratic state
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary declared itself a democracy Monday, 33 years after Soviet troops crushed an anti-Stalinist uprising, and chants of “Russians go home!" and "Communism no more!” rose from a crowd of 100,000.
Hungarian flags of red, white and green waved over the throng, which overflowed the Parliament square. People cheered wildly in the torch-lit plaza when participants in the uprising invoked memories of its leaders.
“It took 33 years for those behind the thick walls to hear the cries” for democracy, Jenoe Fonay told the rally, referring to the recent official change of heart about the nature of the 12-day revolt that began Oct. 23, 1956.
Soviet police confiscate 352 pounds of marjiuana
MOSCOW — Police and military units in Kirghizia carried out a seven-day narcotics operation and netted 352 pounds of marijuana,
> Tass said Monday.
The operation was carried out in the Chu valley, the main narcotics producing area in Khirgizia, 1,600 miles southeast of Moscow, according to the official news agency.
Tass did not say whether any arrests were made in the raid. More than 5,000 cars were searched.
From the Associated Press
Index
VlewDOlnt 4
Komlx 6
Security Roundup 6
Arts & Entertainment
Sports.. 24
Suspect flees scene after firing bullets into moving vehicle
By Michael Utley
Staff Writer
An unidentified man was shot and killed Sunday night while driving through the intersection of Hoover and 28th streets, just 10 feet from The Row apartment complex, police said.
Police said the victim, a known gang
member, was shot once in the head by a man in another car as both drove south on Hoover Street. The victim's car then veered to the right and struck a student's car parked at the curb.
"There was a brief verbal discussion before the shooting," said Detective Pat Marshall of the Los Angeles Police Department's Homicide Division. "The suspect then fired several rounds (4 or 5) from an unknown caliber gun and fled the scene."
The 27-year-old victim died en route to County-USC Medical Center. Two other
passengers in the car were unhurt.
Witnesses said there were two Hispanic males in the assailant's car, which was described as a brown or green Buick Regal. Police said they believe the same car has been involved in several other crimes during the past few months, but no arrests have been made.
"I was waiting to turn left onto Hoover and I saw the whole thing," said Jeff Lee, a senior majoring in political science. "The two cars were going pretty slow. I heard three shots, then I looked over and (See Shooting, page 16)
Feeling the Rhythm
Jimmy Lm / Dally Tro|an
Ezzy, the lead singer for Bamiki Bandula, a reggae band, sings In front of the fountain at Hahn Plaza on Monday. The concert was a part of the university’s International Week.
Lack of evidence
Officials deny lab work caused death
By Bob Elston
Staff Writer
It is unlikely that the recent death of a former university employee was related to hazardous conditions in which he worked, university experts and technicians said Monday.
Peter Drain, who was employed as a lab technician in the university Cancer Research Center between 1978 and 1983, died of leukemia this summer, believing that his disease was caused by his work. He was 35.
Most university professors and officials contacted at the center had not heard of Peter Drain. But all said that proving a link between the work Drain performed with the levels of chemicals used in the labs and leukemia is nearly impossible.
Karen Phillips, an occupational health
physician at the Barlow Occupational Health center, said, "The trouble with leukemia is that it is not known what levels (of radioactivity) cause leukemia."
It is believed that only certain types of radioactivity can cause leukemia and only in large doses caused by prolonged exposure or a major accident, she said.
"The type of work he was doing was not very hazardous," said Dr. Leo Wade, director of Safety and Risk Management, after looking at lab records. "There is nothing that leads me to believe that (his leukemia) was caused by radioactivity (whether) he was careless or not."
Leukemia has only been linked to two forms of radioactivity — X-rays and radioactivity associated with nuclear fallout — both of which are not produced by the
(See Draiiv page 16)
Shooting
increases
students’
anxieties
By Julie Chen
Staff Writer
Jennifer Bresnan had just entered her apartment on Hoover Street about 10:30 p.m. Sunday when she heard the gunfire.
The shots came from a gang member in a Buick Regal, who gunned down the driver of a white Monte Carlo as the two cars passed through the intersection of Hoover and 28th streets, according to police and University Security reports.
"I feel lucky it wasn't me," said Bresnan, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism.
"When I found out someone was actually shot down my block, it blew my mind," she said.
Robert Takata, a senior majoring in English, was parking his car a few yards from the incident when he heard five gun shots.
"I think my main concern was whether or not it was a student who was shot," Takata said. "I think we'd all (university students) be happy to see these gangs kill each other off."
Stanley Kang, who lives in a fraternity house about a hundred feet from the shooting site, said that at first he didn't know what he had heard.
It wasn't until he overheard his fraternity brothers in the hall saying someone had been shot that he realized the noise had been gunfire.
"This (the shooting) will make me think about doing more in the daytime," said Kang, a junior majoring in business.
Alison Kaufmann, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism, said she never goes out alone at night except occasionally when she bikes to the library, which she said is frightening at times.
Kaufmann lives a short block from the accident site and came home just after the shooting.
(See Reactions, page 8)

| Fight wasn’t only on field
* V
aki
Sports, page 24
Young MC raps about USC days
A&E, page 9
(Mfe? trojan
Volume CX, Number 35
University of Southern California
Tuesday, October 24,1989
Gang member killed near Row
In Brief___________________________
Lawmakers press for $3.8 billion aid for earthquake area
WASHINGTON — California lawmakers pressed for $3.8 billion in earthquake aid Monday, more than $1 billion above the White House figure, as federal relief legislation began a race through Congress.
All sides said they expected compromise, with relatively little haggling about amounts or arguments about where the money would come from.
The proposal includes $1 billion for highway repair, $1.1 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $1.2 billion for Small Business Administration disaster assistance and $100 million for loans to low-income people. The president would be given a $400 million discretionary fund.
World: Hungary becomes newest democratic state
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary declared itself a democracy Monday, 33 years after Soviet troops crushed an anti-Stalinist uprising, and chants of “Russians go home!" and "Communism no more!” rose from a crowd of 100,000.
Hungarian flags of red, white and green waved over the throng, which overflowed the Parliament square. People cheered wildly in the torch-lit plaza when participants in the uprising invoked memories of its leaders.
“It took 33 years for those behind the thick walls to hear the cries” for democracy, Jenoe Fonay told the rally, referring to the recent official change of heart about the nature of the 12-day revolt that began Oct. 23, 1956.
Soviet police confiscate 352 pounds of marjiuana
MOSCOW — Police and military units in Kirghizia carried out a seven-day narcotics operation and netted 352 pounds of marijuana,
> Tass said Monday.
The operation was carried out in the Chu valley, the main narcotics producing area in Khirgizia, 1,600 miles southeast of Moscow, according to the official news agency.
Tass did not say whether any arrests were made in the raid. More than 5,000 cars were searched.
From the Associated Press
Index
VlewDOlnt 4
Komlx 6
Security Roundup 6
Arts & Entertainment
Sports.. 24
Suspect flees scene after firing bullets into moving vehicle
By Michael Utley
Staff Writer
An unidentified man was shot and killed Sunday night while driving through the intersection of Hoover and 28th streets, just 10 feet from The Row apartment complex, police said.
Police said the victim, a known gang
member, was shot once in the head by a man in another car as both drove south on Hoover Street. The victim's car then veered to the right and struck a student's car parked at the curb.
"There was a brief verbal discussion before the shooting," said Detective Pat Marshall of the Los Angeles Police Department's Homicide Division. "The suspect then fired several rounds (4 or 5) from an unknown caliber gun and fled the scene."
The 27-year-old victim died en route to County-USC Medical Center. Two other
passengers in the car were unhurt.
Witnesses said there were two Hispanic males in the assailant's car, which was described as a brown or green Buick Regal. Police said they believe the same car has been involved in several other crimes during the past few months, but no arrests have been made.
"I was waiting to turn left onto Hoover and I saw the whole thing," said Jeff Lee, a senior majoring in political science. "The two cars were going pretty slow. I heard three shots, then I looked over and (See Shooting, page 16)
Feeling the Rhythm
Jimmy Lm / Dally Tro|an
Ezzy, the lead singer for Bamiki Bandula, a reggae band, sings In front of the fountain at Hahn Plaza on Monday. The concert was a part of the university’s International Week.
Lack of evidence
Officials deny lab work caused death
By Bob Elston
Staff Writer
It is unlikely that the recent death of a former university employee was related to hazardous conditions in which he worked, university experts and technicians said Monday.
Peter Drain, who was employed as a lab technician in the university Cancer Research Center between 1978 and 1983, died of leukemia this summer, believing that his disease was caused by his work. He was 35.
Most university professors and officials contacted at the center had not heard of Peter Drain. But all said that proving a link between the work Drain performed with the levels of chemicals used in the labs and leukemia is nearly impossible.
Karen Phillips, an occupational health
physician at the Barlow Occupational Health center, said, "The trouble with leukemia is that it is not known what levels (of radioactivity) cause leukemia."
It is believed that only certain types of radioactivity can cause leukemia and only in large doses caused by prolonged exposure or a major accident, she said.
"The type of work he was doing was not very hazardous," said Dr. Leo Wade, director of Safety and Risk Management, after looking at lab records. "There is nothing that leads me to believe that (his leukemia) was caused by radioactivity (whether) he was careless or not."
Leukemia has only been linked to two forms of radioactivity — X-rays and radioactivity associated with nuclear fallout — both of which are not produced by the
(See Draiiv page 16)
Shooting
increases
students’
anxieties
By Julie Chen
Staff Writer
Jennifer Bresnan had just entered her apartment on Hoover Street about 10:30 p.m. Sunday when she heard the gunfire.
The shots came from a gang member in a Buick Regal, who gunned down the driver of a white Monte Carlo as the two cars passed through the intersection of Hoover and 28th streets, according to police and University Security reports.
"I feel lucky it wasn't me," said Bresnan, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism.
"When I found out someone was actually shot down my block, it blew my mind," she said.
Robert Takata, a senior majoring in English, was parking his car a few yards from the incident when he heard five gun shots.
"I think my main concern was whether or not it was a student who was shot," Takata said. "I think we'd all (university students) be happy to see these gangs kill each other off."
Stanley Kang, who lives in a fraternity house about a hundred feet from the shooting site, said that at first he didn't know what he had heard.
It wasn't until he overheard his fraternity brothers in the hall saying someone had been shot that he realized the noise had been gunfire.
"This (the shooting) will make me think about doing more in the daytime," said Kang, a junior majoring in business.
Alison Kaufmann, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism, said she never goes out alone at night except occasionally when she bikes to the library, which she said is frightening at times.
Kaufmann lives a short block from the accident site and came home just after the shooting.
(See Reactions, page 8)